Books about Houses & Homes (classroom and library):
Look Inside a House D. Patrick My Home J. Cowley The House That Jack Built E. Falconer Hammers, Nails, Planks & Paint T. C. Jack Home Place C. Dragonwater Let’s Go Home Little Bear M. Waddell How A House Is Built G. Gibbons The Three Little Pigs J. Marshall Furniture Basic Book 4 Just Look Around You J. Vaughn The Dog House Reading 360 The Happy Digger W. Hutton Houses Around The World J. Foster Tom Turtle C. Hill Wood For A House C Murano Ways To Build It H. Pluckrose All Kinds of Homes J. Foster House Through the Ages P. Steele Build Your Own Model House V. Fawcett The Early Family Home B. Kalman Knock Knock Who Lives Here? A Civardi
Have You Seen Houses? J. Oppenheim The House on the Hill E Cooper Let’s Look Up Houses A. Sproule The Little Brown House J. Cowley Who Lives Here? A. Rafter A House Is A House For Me M.A. Hoberman I Can Build A House S. Watanabe The House Next DoorJ. McNeil Inside My House S. Webster In a People House T. LeSieg Homes Macdonald Starters The Home of the Future R. Keeping House M. Mahy The House M. Ricketts House by Mouse G. Mendoza Peter,s Chair E. J. Keats This is my House A. Dorros The House I Live In I. Seltzer Playing in the House A.E. Tansky Move It D. Eaton Building A House A.E. Tansky
Videos
The Wonderful World of Houses Dig Hole, Build House House Construction Houses
LS VC 363.5 WON LS VC 690 DIG LS VC 392.3 HOU LS VC 392.3 HOU
Postman Pat - games & printables
Australia Post - games & letter writing activities
Moving the Mail: Postal Employees at Work - A 15 minute video about the post office!
A Magical Field Trip to the Post Office (16:41)
Animal Homes and Habitats
Build a nest with CBeebies
Animal Homes matching game
Pictures of animal homes
15 minute video about Animal Homes
Make Way for Ducklings!]A video about ducks searching for a home.
Maps and Neighbourhoods
The landscapes of Scotland...a mapping activity.
Cyberchase Map Grid Game
Adventure Island Game
Mars Rover Game
Barnaby Bear's Map Symbols Game
Barnaby Bear's Weather Map
Barnaby's Where in Britain Game
Barnaby in Dublin - a street map activity game
Math Monsters Mapping **Video** - 10 minute video about Making a Map
16 minute **video** about Neighborhoods
House Plans and Building Materials
Beginning to build a house
Make paper houses and other dwellings (Enchanted Learning)
Build a House (click on the house in the bottom center of the screen)
Sorting Natural & Man Made Materials (IWB Activity)
Safety
Sparky the Fire Dog - interactive Fire Safety activities:
Code Red Rover - Keep your home safe!
Movie about safety in the home - 5 minute video clip
Different Types of Homes
Click here to see a slide show of people and animal homes
What kind of homes & buildings do we live in?
GlobalEye - Shelter
Learn about Homes with the Happy Gang (BBC Games)
Select a country to see pictures of homes around the world
A little **video** with a song about different types of homes.
Games & Stories
Make a house with these shapes
Lego Creative Builder
Where do these animals live?
Books about Houses & Homes (classroom and library):
My Home J. Cowley
The House That Jack Built E. Falconer
Hammers, Nails, Planks & Paint T. C. Jack
Home Place C. Dragonwater
Let’s Go Home Little Bear M. Waddell
How A House Is Built G. Gibbons
The Three Little Pigs J. Marshall
Furniture Basic Book 4
Just Look Around You J. Vaughn
The Dog House Reading 360
The Happy Digger W. Hutton
Houses Around The World J. Foster
Tom Turtle C. Hill
Wood For A House C Murano
Ways To Build It H. Pluckrose
All Kinds of Homes J. Foster
House Through the Ages P. Steele
Build Your Own Model House V. Fawcett
The Early Family Home B. Kalman
Knock Knock Who Lives Here? A Civardi
The House on the Hill E Cooper
Let’s Look Up Houses A. Sproule
The Little Brown House J. Cowley
Who Lives Here? A. Rafter
A House Is A House For Me M.A. Hoberman
I Can Build A House S. Watanabe
The House Next DoorJ. McNeil
Inside My House S. Webster
In a People House T. LeSieg
Homes Macdonald Starters
The Home of the Future R.
Keeping House M. Mahy
The House M. Ricketts
House by Mouse G. Mendoza
Peter,s Chair E. J. Keats
This is my House A. Dorros
The House I Live In I. Seltzer
Playing in the House A.E. Tansky
Move It D. Eaton
Building A House A.E. Tansky
Videos
Dig Hole, Build House
House Construction
Houses
LS VC 690 DIG
LS VC 392.3 HOU
LS VC 392.3 HOU
For Teachers
Enchanted Learning activities about homes
Post Office Activities & Books (a collection of ideas for teachers)
Coloring Page to print - What happens to my letter?
Interactive Whiteboard Post Office Poster (requires password)
Animal homes (a collection of links)
Photos of different types of Homes Around the World
Houses around the world
ProTeacher - lesson plans & activities about houses
Building Materials (photos of buildings and examples of materials)
Materials - sorting, classifying, exploring and learning about different materials
Poems and Rhymes featuring houses (Enchanted Learning)
A SONG called "Gonna Build a House
Websites with examples and instructions for making models of houses.